http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/gresham-park/ Gresham Park, GA News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/gresham-park/content/884d26ecd9bdb31abc25146b1df164a0.html A federal appeals court grappled with the question Thursday over whether a little known but oftenused Georgia law that allows state agriculture officials to seize starving horses infringes on constitutional rights Attorneys for Edna Reams contend her due process rights were violated when state agriculture workers seized 46 horses and three donkeys from her southwest Georgia farm in January 2006 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/gresham-park/content/a48b026d204f4628791320ed742c4988.html ATLANTA mdash; John Smoltz has reached preliminary agreement on a contract with the Boston Red Sox who also agreed Thursday to a oneyear contract with outfielder Rocco Baldelli http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/gresham-park/content/2379c40897aa01b3ca711dc59560759e.html A prominent Georgia Republican says it may be time to reconsider the state's sales tax structure http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/gresham-park/content/9a478627067da2b04ba4dd46dfad7b3c.html Friends and neighbors of a popular waiter shot during a robbery at an Atlanta bar clutched candles shielded from the wind by paper cups as they gathered Thursday to remember him at a vigil John Henderson 27 was shot after handing over money to four armed robbers early Wednesday morning as he and a coworker were closing up Standard Food and Spirits a popular Grant Park night spot He died at Grady Memorial Hospital just after 7 am Wednesday about three hours after he was shot http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/gresham-park/content/2fe3d8d8c9b7cd375faf380281de4f57.html Gwinnett County is the first school district in Georgia to get more flexibility on class size and teacher pay under new state law The state school board unanimously approved a plan Thursday for the 150000student district to have more say in how to organize schools how large classes should be and how to use state funding In exchange Gwinnett County promised that students will perform better than is required under federal No Child Left Behind standards http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/gresham-park/content/daed4d2930df282f2769bddb23fff82f.html Georgia Ohio and Minnesota are among the states that are part of a national salmonella outbreak that has sent at least a dozen people to the hospital and sickened nearly 400 people officials said Thursday Fortytwo states have reported illnesses from the same type of salmonella bacteria totaling at least 388 nationwide federal health officials said this week The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is leading the investigation but has not yet released the list of states or determined which foods were may have caused people to become sick http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/gresham-park/content/0ebf1f80157afa03fc379b2373eab2b2.html Georgia Ohio and Minnesota are among the states that are part of a national salmonella outbreak that has sent at least a dozen people to the hospital and sickened nearly 400 people officials said Thursday Fortytwo states have reported illnesses from the same type of salmonella bacteria totaling at least 388 nationwide federal health officials said this week The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is leading the investigation but has not yet released the list of states or determined which foods were may have caused people to become sick http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/georgia/gresham-park/content/e797cf4bc40ac981d4a3878b9fa7f43c.html Georgia public schools can add more students to their classes under a measure passed by the state school board Thursday The board unanimously passed a temporary increase to the statemandated class size limit to help districts through rough budget waters The move could save districts up to 200 million on the cost of hiring new teachers as they face declining state funding and falling property tax collections